Improvement in toy building-blocks



A. UBERNDRF, lr.

Toy Building-Blocks.

No. 144124. hammametz 28,1813.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

ABRAHAM OBERNDORF, JR., OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENTJIN TOY BUlLDING-BLOCKS.

Specification for-ming part of Letters Patent No. 144,124, dated October 28,1573; application ledi September 29, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: A represents curved pieces; E, straight' Beit known that I, ABRAHAM OBERNDORF, pieces, the former longer than the latter, and

Jr., of Baltimore city and State of Maryland, O, squared pieces, each of the forms being tenhave invented a new and useful Improvement oned at both ends. D is a jointing-piece, proin Ohildrens Building-Blocks and I do hereby vided with holes Z1 and a longitudinal central declare that the following is a full, clear, and perforation, cl2. These are the main pieces, exact description of the same, reference being whose combination forms any of the articles had to the accompanying drawing forming a eniunerated; but I preferably also use ornapart of this specification, in which mental pieces E F` G H.

Figure l represents a front elevation of a Having thus described my invention, what building; Fig. 2, details thereof. I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let The invention relates to blocks wherewith ters Patent, ischildren may be amused and their minds nl. The toy building blocks and pieces A B structed by the combination of said blocks so D, herein described, when constructed in the as to present the semblance of well-known obmanner and for the purpose specied. jects. My invention consists in making these 2. The jointing-block D, provided with holes blocks of such relative shape that, although d1 d2, in combination with end-tenoned con` comparatively few in number, houses, bridges, necting-pieces, as and for the purpose speciarches, chairs, rockers, cupolas, tables, fences, fied.

windmills, the letters of the alphabet, chandey ABRAHAM OBERNDORF, J R. y, liers, and other articles of furniture and of Vitnesses:

architectural character may all be produced SOLON C. KEMON,

by their different combination. Orr-As. A. PETTIT. 

